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We are happy to announce that “The Man-made Baby,” the pioneering robot story by Hirabayashi Hatsunosuke, is now available for purchase here on Gumroad in the .pdf format, as well as MOBI (commonly used on Kindle) and EPUB (commonly used on iBooks). How?: go to the Gumroad page. Click on “I want this!” You will go through a […]

We are delighted to announce that a second edition of Yoshiya Nobuko’s lovely and pioneering short story “Yellow Rose” is out as of May 24 and available on Amazon. The translation stands as it was, but this second edition has some revisions to the translator’s introduction, including new biographical material and an updated list of […]

The robot detective story by pioneering SF writer UNNO Jūza is slated for publication in Summer 2017. The translation is finished, while we work with scholars on fact-checking some intriguing details and names found in Shanghai map history and specific kinds of detective work. Stay tuned!